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WTO holds crunch meeting amid growing uncertainty over multilateral system

Tariff wars smashed old system, but failure to agree on reforms could see ‘some people writing a new rulebook’.

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WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the global trade order has ‘irrevocably changed’.

Putin’s allies mark a ‘fundamentally new ‌stage’ in relations with a friendship treaty during Pyongyang meeting.

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Shortage of helium will have ripple effects across medical and other industries.

Brent crude tops $104 a barrel as hopes fade for deescalation in US-Israel war on Iran.

Australia’s Home Affairs Department said decision to ban Iranian visitors amid the war was in the ‘national interest’.

Malaysia’s government plans to slash the number of foreign workers to encourage local hiring and raise incomes.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Chinese President Xi Jinping will also visit US at a later date.

Belarus and North Korea are expected to sign a treaty of friendship as their leaders meet in Pyongyang.

Developing economies in Asia, Africa and the Middle East are most exposed to surging energy costs.